Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Quotes
Sometimes in the history of art it is possible to describe a period or a generation of artists as having been obsessed by a particular problem.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Karl Marlantes
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I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
Natalie Portman
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My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
Gabby Douglas
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Islam has shown two faces to the Jews, one benevolent, one less so.
Jack Schwartz
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Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.
Samantha Shannon
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I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly 'Scrubs' guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.
Zach Braff
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Besides, there were 50,000 fans or more there, and they wanted to see the best you've got. There was an obligation to the people, as well as to ourselves, to go all out.
Carl Hubbell
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Those who want to cut Social Security are prepared to take hostages, manufacture crises, and use scare tactics to undermine the retirement security of Americans.
Ted Deutch
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To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
J. Michael Straczynski
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Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.
Warren Littlefield
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If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.
Victoria Justice
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Matter is real to my senses, but they aren't trustworthy. If Galileo or Copernicus had accepted what they saw, they would never have discovered the movement of the earth and planets.
Albert Einstein
